Upsetting the apple cart : Black-Latino coalitions in New York City from protest to public office

291 Pages·2015·3.85 MB·English

by  Hamm

UPSETTING THE APPLE CART
THE COLUMBIA HISTORY OF URBAN LIFE
THE COLUMBIA HISTORY OF URBAN LIFE
KENNETH T. JACKSON, GENERAL EDITOR
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UPSETTING THE APPLE CART
BLACK-LATINO COALITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY FROM
PROTEST TO PUBLIC OFFICE
FREDERICK DOUGLASS OPIE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Opie, Frederick Douglass.
Upsetting the apple cart : Black-Latino coalitions in New York City from protest to public office / Frederick
Douglass Opie.
pages cm. — (The Columbia history of urban life) Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-14940-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-231-52035-5 (e-book)
1. African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Politics and government—20th century.
2. Hispanic Americans—New York (State)—New York—Politics and government—20th century.
3. African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Relations with Hispanic Americans. 4. New York
(N.Y.)—Politics and government—20th century. 5. New York (N.Y.)—Race relations. I. Title.
F128.9.N4O65 2014
305.8009747'1—dc23
2014012943
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: Picket line at Lenox Hill Hospital, 1959. (Courtesy of Kheel Center for Labor-Management
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Documentation and Archives, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.) : James Perales : Lisa
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Hamm References to websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing.
Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or
changed since the manuscript was prepared.
In memory of my mother, Margaret Opie (1935–2014). She was an
organizer supreme who used her singing voice and food to feed the
Progressive movements she supported. Fried chicken, which she called the
“gospel bird,” served as her go-to dish.
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ON SOURCES
ABBREVIATIONS
Introduction
1 Journeys: Black and Latino Relations, 1930–1970
2 Upsetting the Apple Cart: Black and Puerto Rican Hospital Workers, 1959–
1962
3 Developing Their Minds Without Losing Their Souls: Black and Latino
Student Coalition Building, 1965–1969
4 Young Turks: Progressive Activists and Organizations, 1970–1985
5 The Chicago Plan: Coalition Politics, 1982–1984
6 Where the Street Goes, the Suits Follow: Coalition Politics, 1985–1988
7 Latinos for Dinkins: The Coalition’s Complicated Victory, 1989
Conclusion
NOTES
INDEX